Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

view of stone 837

Corsi 837, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

side view of stone 837

side view of stone 837, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 837  
Name and quarry location: Granito rosso antico, sienite, from between Aswan and Shellal District, Nile Valley, Egypt  
Geological description: Coarse-grained biotite granite with large megacrysts of pink K-felspar.  
Comments: This stone is Harrell's variety 'a' of the Aswan granites and granodiorites described on his website. This is a typical example of the granite known as 'sienite' from Aswan, but should not be confused with the petrological term syenite (which it is not). It is found in a number of localities between Aswan and the Shellal district.  
References: Borghini (1997) 225-226; Corsi (1845) 210-213; Harrell (2010a); Lazzarini (2002c) 228-229; Price (2007) 220-221; Watson (1911) 43-45  
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Corsi's classification: Class 16. Granites; i. Antique granite  
Corsi's text: 207.25 Granito antico. Marmor Syenite. Marmo Sienite... [trovata] presso la città di Siene sul confine fra Egitto, e l'Etiopia... Pyrrhopoecilon... Psaronion...Aethiopicum perchè... era Siene sul confine dell' Etiopia.  

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